Ford Announces Dec. 5 is Mustang Day

Gail Wise, America’s first Mustang owner, with her original 1964 Ford Mustang.

Ford Motor Co. is going to reveal its redesigned 2015 Mustang on Dec. 5, more than a month before the Detroit auto show, where the company has traditionally debuted new products.

The Mustang comes 50 years after the launch of Ford’s iconic affordable sports car.

Ford is using Facebook and Instagram to “showcase what Mustang has meant to its millions of fans the last 50 years,” the company said in a statement.

The Instagram hype has been going for a while now — here’s the most recent post:

The company is also sending fans to MustangInspires.com, another slickly producted social media site for the brand.

Ford’s new Mustang, the swan song for outgoing design chief J Mays, is expected to take on more of the Ford family look, including a grille that is closer to that on a Ford Fusion sedan. People who have seen the car say the proportions are lower and wider than the current version.

The car will go on sale next year sometime and likely will be built in Flat Rock, Mich., where the current model is made. The new Mustang will be sold in Europe for the first time.